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Here we go again.
Last week, I wrote about why I think people absolutely should to obey leash laws in public places such as parks and preserves. Basically, if the rules say "dogs permitted if on leash," then I think you need to have your dog on a leash, without exception, at all times.
(If you didn't read the post, you might want to start there. Here's the link.)
Before I pushed the "publish" button on that blog post, my editors warned me that I was writing about a controversial issue.
"Be prepared to get some flak for this," they said.
So after work, Derek (my hiking buddy and boyfriend) and I grabbed a beer at Marshall Wharf Brewing Company in Belfast. About half way into my Weisse Grip Hefeweizen, I decided to check my blog by cellphone. The "leash" post had been up for several hours.
I took one look at the post and almost spit out a mouthful of hefeweizen.
The post had "1.7K likes" on Facebook.
(I remember having a high school math teacher who used to tell us ways to be "cool" in college. "Don't say 'one thousand' in college; use 'K,'" he told us once.)
Well, I didn't take his advice, and I don't use the term "K," but I knew what it meant — it meant my blog must be broken.
Actually, it wasn't broken. Thanks to people who care about dogs and public safety, my blog post spread through social media like wildfire. And now, one week later, the post has been viewed more than 10,900 times, received 3,400 Facebook likes, 37 Tweets, and nearly 200 comments, many of them lengthy. In addition, I received 50 emails about the issue.
What does it all mean? People — not just from Maine but from all over the country — care about leash laws and believe that it's a topic worth discussing.
At the end of the blog post (which was also published in print), I asked for people to share their stories and opinions, and many did just that. Not everyone agreed with me, of course. Some dog owners voiced their belief that their dog is perfectly fine off leash and should be able to run free on public trails, regardless of trail rules. But the vast majority of the responses agreed with my stance that leash rules should be obeyed, and further, if you don't have control of your dog (are able to call them to you at an instant), they should be on a leash whenever in public, even in places where there are no leash laws.
After reading all of the comments and emails, I'd like to share a few excerpts. While I received responses from all over the country — Las Vegas, Washington, Colorado, Louisiana — I'll stick with Maine stories and opinions, simply because I think it's more meaningful to hear about this issue from your neighbors. As you can see, some of these responses aren't strictly about public trails that require leashes, but they do relate to the dilemma all dog owners face when bringing their dog into public spaces: "to leash or not to leash."
"I long ago learned to leash my perfectly trained dog when we are out in public out of respect for other people, many of whom are afraid of dogs, usually for very good reasons. And I have given up taking my dog on the Benton River Trail, because almost no one there leashes their dogs. I also used to run over there. One day (when I was not accompanied by my dog) a big Lab ran up to me, hackles raised, barking ferociously. He was very close to me. The owner was 25 yards behind, chatting with another woman and paying absolutely no attention to her dog, who was threatening me. I called out and asked her to call her dog. Still, she paid no attention to me. Finally, when they were practically right on top of me and the dog, I asked her again, she called him, and he turned away. As they continued down the trail, she said loudly, "C'mon, Fido, not everyone is nice." Huh! I was nice. Especially since I did not pepper spray her dog."
-Sally Melcher McKeagney, Fairfield
"The less thoughtful and less responsible dog owners are a continuing problem here at Acadia [National Park] for other hikers, for wildlife, and for responsible dog owners and their dogs. Leave No Trace ethics and the leash law are not part of the picture for them. I guess I hold out some hope that your piece may change a few minds."
-Charlie Jacobi, Acadia National Park ranger
"There are some breeds that need free running. I have salukis, and even with a sizeable portion of my land fenced with 6-foot-high fencing, they need the gallops. There are plenty of places one can run dogs without going to parks. You have to ask permission to run along the edge of farm fields, or in sand pits, but if you really want to free run without dealing with the inherent dangers of dogs and their irresponsible owners, that's an option. Hunting season does hamper that, but there is always Sundays."
-Patty Pendergast, Thorndike
"I have two labs. Gunner is 8, and weighs 78 pounds … Mack is just over a year and is 67 pounds of pure muscle and energy … Last fall we did Blue Hill Mountain with both of the boys on one Y-shaped leash. Playing brakes to 145 pounds of dog was difficult, but we managed. It was extremely rewarding to spend that afternoon with my boys.
"A couple of weeks ago, it was sunny and I needed to get out of the house. I'd heard Chick Hill had a great view. I really wanted to take both boys, but at 3 months pregnant, I figured out it was going to be more than I could take on. As much as I hated leaving Gunner home (and as sad as his eyes were when I put his brother in the vehicle and told him to go back inside), I knew one dog was going to be all I could handle, and Mack desperately needed to blow off a bunch of energy … I leash my dogs because I don't harbor any illusions that the people I meet on the trail will like them, or that all the dogs I meet on a trail are friendly, or that my boys are the best behaved dogs in the world. I do everything in my power to keep my dog in control and out of the way of others, and if I don't feel I can do that, I leave one or both dogs home, no matter how badly I want to have that hiking experience with them. It bothers me when others don't show the same consideration. At best, it's not fair to me or my dogs, and at worst it's straight up dangerous. After I put in considerable effort and sometimes a little sacrifice to make sure that my boys are well-behaved on a public trail, I sometimes get a bit bitter when folks disregard the rules."
-Jenn Dykstra, Old Town
"I have a 'reactive' dog whom I can no longer walk most places because of loose dogs. Friendly or not, dogs should always be on a leash when in public places (except in areas posted otherwise), for their safety and that of others. I have a sweet 6-year-old nephew who loves dogs but is so allergic that he needs medicine if he comes within just a few feet of a dog. It's a shame that he has had to deal with rude or thoughtless dog owners many times as they call out 'It's OK, he's friendly!'
"There is a wonderful movement called the Yellow Dog Project that is trying to get the word out that if you see a dog wearing a yellow ribbon, this dog needs space. It could be that the dog is reactive, afraid of other dogs, healing from an injury or any other reason."
-Karen McNerney, Bowerbank
"I am severely allergic to dogs. I don't like dogs. I never had and will never have a dog. I can understand that other people have and love dogs very much, and I admit that a great many of them are loveable creatures, but the negatives of the creatures far outweigh their positives for me … So my 'issue,' my 'beef' is like you mentioned 'people don't like dogs. Gasp. Yes, they do exist.' I feel like I do such a good job of putting myself in other people's shoes. When my kids were younger, and even now as 7 and 10 yrs olds, I recognize that not everyone thinks a toddler is cute, or that kids are funny. I try to keep them in control when we are out and about and I didn't just assume that when my adorable toddler wandered up to someone, that they would think the sticky hands, runny nose, slobbery teething mouth, and stinky diaper smell were sweet and wonderful … I have so many dogs run over and "greet" me while XC skiing, which I don't enjoy, which has interrupted my rhythm and workout and the owner usually just assumes it's ok. It is not okay! I don't let my kids run in front of you, say hi, and wipe a booger on you, and stop your workout/hike/run/bike. Don't let your dog do that to me. Please."
– Heather Mackey of Rockport
"We have two dogs (and two cats) and always have them on leashes. The one time we didn't, our dog got into a porcupine. Not fun — because most dogs will want to kill all porcupines henceforth, not having learned any lesson except that they caused pain. Ours was no exception. I have heard of people who put down a perfectly wonderful dog because they couldn't be bothered to control it and it loved to hate porcupines. Now, that is sad and unconscionable."
-Jane Keegan, Winter Harbor
"Here is something I have always wondered about. At the City Forest, and occasionally other places, the signs say, as you noted, "A leash is required on this trail." I have never figured out why they word it that way except to give people some room for interpretation. If they really mean 'all dogs must be on leashes,' why don't they say that? I have usually taken the position that they mean you have to have a leash with you in case you need to put the dog on it. You may find this outrageous, but I think I have a point."
-Katherine Crosby, Maine
"Just because the loose dog may be very friendly and greet other dogs well, does not mean that a dog on a leash will feel the same way. In fact, there is a type of defensive behavior called leash aggression, which occurs when a dog is restrained on a leash, and meets another dog who is free to walk behind the leashed dog. The leashed dog can feel vulnerable since he can not freely sniff the new dog, or protect his backside. In effect, the unleashed dog can encourage aggressive behavior from a leashed dog who feels trapped by the leash! But many owners of "friendly" free roaming dogs, do not know their dog can come off as a threat just by being loose, and sniffing freely. Which just goes to show that there is a general lack of education in park/trail politeness when it comes to dog walking. So many people would never mean for their dog to make other people uncomfortable, and yet often an untrained loose dog can do just that."
-Linda Shockley, Brewer
"Certain trails that allow dogs on leash could very easily become 'no dogs' trails if people continue to abuse the privilege of hiking with unleashed dogs. I worry about this in the Midcoast area, where I live and where Coastal Mountains Land Trust has several preserves that currently allow dogs. Only one time in my 14 years of dog ownership have I ever met a dog who was off leash "illegally" and truly under voice command. And yes, it was a beautiful thing to behold … For some reason, I can't bring myself to scold bad owners when I meet them on the trail … It's hard to be the hard-ass, and it's frustrating to be put in that position by people ignoring the rules."
-Wendy Higgins, Appleton
This is just a sample of the many stories I received, and I think they all bring up important things to consider before letting your dog off leash.
Feel free to continue the discussion in the comments section below. Differing opinions, stories and perspectives are welcome.


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Throughout last school year at South Lakes High School, math teacher Frances Walker gave extra help after school twice a week to a student who suffered from fairly severe learning disabilities.
The student wanted to join the U.S. Coast Guard after graduation, but first he needed to overcome his difficulty retaining information if he was going to bring up his grades and pass the Standardized Learning tests needed to pass his senior year.
The hard work paid off. By the end of the year, the student's drive to succeed — coupled with Walker's tutoring regimen — had helped him raise his GPA and pass the Algebra II SOL test.
"I kept pushing him and pushing him and now it looks like he's going to make it," said Walker.
That student and other South Lakes students with disabilities passed the math SOLs in greater numbers last spring than the year before. But still only slightly more than half — 51 percent — of the school's students with disabilities passed the test.
In fact, almost all groups of traditionally underperforming students at South Lakes failed to meet targets last year set under the No Child Left Behind Act. The goals were for 59 percent of all student groups to pass the math SOL test and for 61 percent of all student groups to pass the English test.
According to recently released SOL results, only 53 percent of the school's black and Hispanic students passed the math SOL test. And only 52 percent of the school's poor students passed the test.
South Lakes failed to meet testing targets in 25 out of 29 demographic categories of students — more than any other high school in Fairfax County.
Realista Rodriguez, the school's principal, acknowledged South Lakes needs to do better. But, she said, things are already starting to turn around.
"We know which students need to improve," she said. "We know who they are. And we are implementing strategies to help them get better."
NEARBY LANGSTON Hughes Middle School appears to be having an equal amount of difficulty. It was one three Fairfax County middle schools that failed to meet six No Child Left Behind testing targets, though two out of three middle schools in the county failed to make targets in at least one category.
Every minority group at the school failed to meet targets last spring on the English exam. Only 43 percent of black students passed the test, along with 57 percent of Hispanic students, 39 percent of disabled students, 45 percent of the poor students and 54 percent of students who have a limited ability to speak English.
Also, only 53 percent of the school's students with disabilities passed the math test.
But despite Langston's disappointing scores, the school has improved its performance significantly over the previous year. Though scores for students with disabilities and black students declined slightly, it posted gains for the school's poor students, Hispanic students and limited English students.
"We owe it to our students to educate every child," said the school's principal Deborah Jackson. "This is our mission as educators. Failure is not an option."
BOTH SOUTH LAKES and Langston Hughes face the issues of poverty and limited English proficiency to a greater extent than many of their peer institutions.
The schools' district, which draws students from throughout South Reston, includes a greater concentration of subsidized housing than anywhere else in Fairfax County.
According to the U.S. Department of Education, 24.8 percent of South Lakes' 1,600 students are poor and 132 are speakers of other languages. At Langston Hughes, 24.5 percent of the school's 904 students are poor and 153 are speakers of other languages.
With one out of every four students considered economically-disadvantaged and with so many students attempting to learn difficult subjects in a language other than their own, it is little wonder the two schools are struggling to meet academic targets. "We have so many obstacles we have to overcome," Jackson said. "But we can't let that stop us. We have to do our best teaching them from the minute they walk in the door to the time they leave here."
RIDGE LOUX, South Lakes' PTSA president, said he was unhappy to learn that while the school's white and affluent students slightly increased their scores, the performance of poor and minority students generally declined.
"It's disappointing," he said. "But I think the school is certainly aware of it and the school's working on it."
Loux said he is confident South Lakes can improve its scores and ensure that every child is receiving the best possible education.
At Langston, PTA President Joan Burkhart is similarly optimistic. She said it appears the school's performance is improving and believes most parents are happy with the school.
"It looks like there's an upward trend and we hope it will continue," she said. "I know they're really concentrating on getting better."
BOTH OF THE SCHOOLS' principals said they are using the test score results, coupled with other indicators such as grades and attendance data, to better identify struggling and at-risk students. Using that information, they said, they know which students need extra help.
"We can analyze each student's total education and make sure we address where we are not meeting their needs," Rodriguez said.
At South Lakes, that means struggling students are placed in more preparation courses and encouraged to attend after-school remedial programs — like the tutoring program attended by the South Lakes student who wanted to join the Coast Guard.
And at Langston Hughes, those programs similar remediation, but also include technology-based reading and comprehension tutoring.
"We try to create an environment where kids begin to believe that their dreams can become a reality," Jackson said.
Both principals said getting parents more involved in their child's education is among the top priorities.
South Lakes has started offering classes for parents on English and in technical subjects like algebra. The school hopes to expand its offerings this year to include geometry, chemistry and computer skills. These classes, Rodriguez said, will help parents assist their child and get them directly involved in helping their child succeed.
"We want parents to feel the excitement of learning," she said.
At Langston, the school has an automated calling system for parents in several languages that lists school announcements. Since it was implemented, Jackson said the school's PTA meetings have become more diverse.
"We realize that many of our parents are working two or three jobs," she said. "But they still care about the success of their children. That's why, in many cases, they came to this country in the first place."

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The Cause within You by Matthew Barnett Book Review
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Matthew Barnett is one of the founders of the Dream Center in Los Angeles. His father, Tommy Barnett also helped his son start the Dream Center. Matthew first started preaching at the early age of twenty years old at Bethel Temple in Los Angeles. When the church began to dwindle from thirty nine people to zero, Matthew cried out to God asking him why members of the church were leaving. He eventually found out his answer from God. God was calling him to lead and assist the homeless, broken, and hurting people in Los Angeles. The Dream Center believes in loving people and serving people. They hope hurting people will come to know that Christ loves them completely. The Dream Center helps drug addicts to recover, prostitution victims, human trafficking victims, homeless families, and anyone who is hurting to make a better life for themselves. In "The Cause within You", Matthew shared his whole story about how God provided the money to start the Dream Center. The Dream Center has helped a great number of people who were hurting and broken and changed their lives around for the better. God has used the Dream Center to start a new different kind of church to reach out and bless others who are hurting.
I liked that the book shared an enormous number of stories about people being changed by another person's love. This book encouraged me to never give up and to always give God the credit for my cause. I would recommend this book to teenagers, college students, and adults. Everyone needs to find the special cause that God has for them. This book will help guide you on how to find out what your cause is. Most importantly is to remember that God will lead you to where you need to be at the exact time. If you fail from time to time just remember to never give up on your cause! God will always show up when you need Him. All you have to do is to seek God and he will provide.
Near the end of the book, Matthew also included some Bible scripture passages to meditate on and encourage you on your journey to fulfilling your cause.
One of my favorite scriptures, Matthew included was:
"If God is for us, who can ever be against us? Romans 8:31
If you would like to purchase a copy of "The Cause within You" it is available on Amazon.com:
Tyndale House Publishers has provided me with a complimentary copy of this book.
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The Central Connecticut football team fell to #15/19 James Madison by a score of 38-14 on Friday night in the 2013 season-opener for both teams. The game matched the Dukes and the Blue Devils for the second time in three seasons.
Central fell behind 13-0 in the first quarter as James Madison scored on a pair of rushing touchdowns by quarterback Michael Birdsong.
In the second quarter, senior quarterback Andrew Clements and the offense settled down and marched down the field on a 12-play, 71-yard scoring drive. Clements connected on a pair of long completions on the drive, which was capped with a beautiful 14-yard touchdown pass to senior receiver Denzell Jones. The score made it a 13-7 game with 3:03 left in the second quarter.
Unfortunately, the Dukes were able to score again in the second quarter on a three-yard touchdown pass from Birdsong to Deane Cheatham. JMU's scoring drive was eight plays, 45 yards and took just 2:21 off the clock.
CCSU pushed into JMU territory thanks to a long passing completion to junior Tyrell Holmes, but the Blue Devil drive stalled and the game went to the half with JMU leading 21-7.
Clements finished the first half 8-of-16 passing for 123 yards and a touchdown. Holmes and Jones both had a pair of catches and freshman Matt Braddock and junior Scott Benzing also had receptions.
The game began to slip away from the Blue Devils early in the second half as CCSU's opening drive stalled after three plays and JMU's Dae'Quan Scott ran the ensuing punt back 54 yards for a touchdown.
CCSU's next drive ended on an interception by JMU's Dean Marlowe. The Blue Devil defense held strong on the short field and forced a field goal. Key stops were made by junior Josh Alaeze and senior Chuck Watson as the Dukes started the drive deep in CCSU territory.
The next CCSU possession also ended in an interception, this time by JMU's Taylor Reynolds who returned it for a touchdown. The interception return made it a 38-7 game.
Sophomore Nick SanGiacomo entered the game at quarterback in the fourth quarter and led CCSU on a scoring drive that culminated in a touchdown recption by Holmes. The score made it a 38-14 game, the eventual final score.
Clements finished the game 10-of-24 for 127 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions. Sophomore Rob Hollomon rushed 27 times for 66 yards, and Darius Lee carried 12 times for 56 yards. Holmes had four catches for 60 yards and a touchdown. Jones added two catches for 27 yards and his first half touchdown.
Defensively Alaeze and David Rose each had seven tackles. Alaeze had a fumble recovery and added a tackle for a loss.
The Blue Devils return to action next Saturday on the road at Lehigh. The game will air live on Fox Sports Radio 1410, as well as iHeartRadio.com and FoxSportsRadio1410.com, beginning at 12:15 p.m. Kickoff is set for 12:30 p.m.


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University UK Tour
Wed Feb 23 1972
Oxford, UK
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Band MembersPaul McCartney
Linda McCartney
Denny Laine
Henry McCullough
Denny Seiwell
Wings University Tour was a UK concert tour by Paul McCartney & Wings in 1972, shortly after the band's formation and initial album release, Wild Life. McCartney had formed Wings for the purpose of having a band to go on the road with, and he wasted no time in doing just that. During the waning years of The Beatles, notably during the Get Back sessions, he had suggested they return to live performances by showing up unannounced at pubs and playing for the patrons. The idea was never seriously considered by the other Beatles.
McCartney took the band on an impromptu tour of the United Kingdom's universities, showing up unannounced and performing for whoever happened to be on campus. The band's intended first stop on the tour, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, refused to allow them to play, so the band moved on to the more receptive Nottingham. Admission to the first show which was held at 12 noon in the Portland Building Ballroom was GBP 0.40, proceeds being split up equally among the band members. British pub rock band Brinsley Schwarz was the opening act for the tour.
Wings' lineup for the tour was Paul and Linda McCartney, Denny Laine, Henry McCullough, and Denny Seiwell.
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I know a lot of busy moms.
Come to think of it, I also know a lot of busy people who don't have kids. It's safe to say most of the people I know (or want to know) have their hands full with a zillion different pursuits, some mundane and some interesting.
I think about these people often because they are my readers–the woman in the doctor's office with the paperback stuffed in her purse, the guy on the subway, the mom at soccer practice stealing a few moments to read between homework and dinner time.
And, I'll say this now without shame, I see it as my job as an author to entertain these people. I want to give them a reason to stuff that book in the purse / briefcase /gym bag before leaving the house. People's time is precious. My time is. Yours is, too. I believe the best thing I can do as a writer is to value that time and give you a reason, right away, to keep turning the pages.
Most writers strive to do this, with varying degrees of success. The conventional wisdom is, the sooner you can interest people, the better. Otherwise, they'll put down your book and do something else.
Is this because we live in the Age of Twitter? People's attention span is only 140 characters long? Maybe so. I am a Gen Xer (note the shout out to Nirvana up there in the title). I know my attention span is limited by the general business of life, so I figure other people's is, too.
I was at the park the other day with a friend of mine, and she was telling me about the last book she put down, out of sheer boredom. "I got a few chapters in and started to worry it was going to be, you know, a dud."
That sucks. Who wants to read (or write) a dud?
I told my friend one of the reasons I like to read and write commercial fiction is because those stories usually (although NOT always, I know) tend to hook you in faster. It takes less time to get "into" the book.
She gave me a puzzled look, and so I tried to describe the difference between literary fiction and other genres… which quickly led to a discussion about mass market fiction versus trade paperback… and more puzzled looks. I started to explain it all. (Like I know what the hell I'm talking about or something. Actually, I didn't know any of this until I entered the publishing industry and started hearing jargon all over the place.) For those of you who want the Cliff Notes, there are three major print formats in fiction:
Hardback, trade paperback, and mass market paperback.
Hardback you know. Trade paper is the next-most expensive (usually). It tends to be similar in size to hardback, with higher quality paper and larger font than you see in mass market paperback. Mass market paperbacks (usually around the $8 price point) are the smaller books, thinner paper, often seen in grocery stores, etc… Except they're in book stores, too. So really, it's very confusing. Mass market paperbacks often include romance novels, mysteries, sci-fi and other types of stories some people call "genre fiction". (Notice all my qualifiers here? I'm covering my butt, because it's tough to have this discussion without ticking somebody off).
Literary fiction tends to be seen as more "serious" or high brow. My book club reads a lot of these books. Think The Kite Runner, The Joy Luck Club, Snow Falling on Cedars, The Corrections. Sometimes these books deal with weightier issues. Sometimes they feature beautifully written prose. Sometimes they are dreck. It all depends. The same could be said about some romance / mystery / sci-fi novels, so I'm not throwing tomatoes at anyone.
Anyhoo, the point is, we can toss these labels around, but basically I'm a book lover and all I really want is to fall in love with a good book. I don't care what it's called in publishing circles. I just want to open the pages and be pulled in.
What's your limit? I know editors and busy literary agents who will put a book or manuscript down after one chapter if they're not hooked. Maybe I'm biased toward writers, but I try to give at least 50 pages. If I get 50 pages in, and I'm still not feeling it, I move on to something else in my TBR pile. I mean, the darn thing is toppling over. A girlfriend of my was telling me about putting down a certain book about a certain girl with a certain scaled-beast tattoo after she read for 150 pages and still wasn't into it. Not me, babe. Not gonna do it. That's too long to be bored.
The newest work of literary fiction awaiting my attention (I can't wait to dive in!) is Freedom, by Jonathan Franzen. His last book, which came out in 2001 (!!!) was called The Corrections, and Franzen made headlines when he supposedly snubbed Oprah and was uninvited to be featured by her book club. Oops. Bet the sales department liked that. Personally, I loved the book because it features this quirky and dysfunctional Midwestern family that reminded me of my own quirky and dysfunctional family so much, I laughed out loud at many points. Some people thought it was depressing. But, you know, books are subjective that way.
Freedom is absolutely a work of literary fiction. I know this because Newsweek just ran a cover (yes, cover) story about Jonathan Franzen, and the article talks about how it took him 9 years to complete the book. This has literary fiction written all over it. (It took way less time than that to write it, but he spent a few years coming up with the premise and so forth). That's a long time to write a novel. But I still have high hopes that this book will be a good read because it features a discontented suburban mom (she sounds interesting) and because Franzen told the Newsweek reporter it was important for authors to write "compelling" books for today's readers because "there is so much more distraction they have to resist."
In other words, hook them in fast cuz they're busy.
That's what I think, too. Readers are, after all, here to be entertained.
What are you looking for when you sit down with a book? And when do you stop reading if the author isn't hooking you in?
Anyone who comments will be eligible to win a SIGNED ADVANCED COPY of my upcoming anthology, written with Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dianna Love, and Cindy Gerard. For those of you who want to play the labels game, this is a collection of three novellas in the "genre" of romantic suspense. I'm so excited to share a book with these fabulous ladies, and I hope this week's lucky winner will be excited to read it well before the Sept. 28 release date. Leave a comment for a chance to win!


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near to home
We live in an area that is about 20 minutes from the city but very near open fields, grazing cows, sheep and even roosters. Though if I had my way I would live in the middle of a busy city, I can also appreciate the open skies and wildflowers. This is where we live now and I want to appreciate it while we can because someday we might move and then I have a feeling I might miss it.
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You're lucky to be in a place like that, I personally prefer the open blue skies rather than tall buildings. The body needs to be surrounded by nature.ReplyDelete
I live in Queens, NYC, and I've had it with the noise, trains, buildings and lack of open spaces- it gets stressful when you wake up on a sunday morning to sirens, look out the window and all you see is another building's window. I'd trade my place with you anytime haha
Also, you've got a marvelous blog I've been following for a while now, and it hasn't once let me down. x
Oh my...those are my thoughts exactly. But I think you know this!! I can't wait to see where we end up. ;)ReplyDelete
so lovely to live in nature. sometimes i'm dying to see a real stretch of grass or a field! :)ReplyDelete
Beautiful photographs, I love the last shot of the field.ReplyDelete
Like you, I live in an area where I get the best of both worlds! I love it, and I wish I could stay forever. Sadly, the neighborhood is changing.ReplyDelete
Beautiful photos, what a wonderful area you have to explore!ReplyDelete
Currently I live in the bustling city of Seattle. I'm from Salt Lake City though, very near to Idaho :) You will miss it if you ever move but I loooove the city so I don't regret it!ReplyDelete
Lovely photos.
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There aren't many details about how an iPhone is controlling the LEDs embedded into this jacket, but there is a video showing how quirky and fun it looks. There's also a claim that you can purchase it this fall.
I just want to know how much this thing will cost and whether it'll be available in a size medium. [Craziest Gadgets via Vanilla]


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Margaret Koshoni reports:
On May 14, 2008 a seminar was arranged by the Cosmopolitan Women's Club (of which I am the Hon. Secretary). My initial aim was to do the workshop for the club members only. They then decided to involve others.
Government agencies, NGO's, Women Organizations, Schools, and multinational organizations, and a few banks were invited to attend. The venue was at the Air force officer's mess at Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island. The hall had 250 sitting capacity, and we did not expect to fill all the seats. Surprisingly, the whole seating arrangement proved inadequate, and we had to bring in over a 100 more seats. Even then people were still standing outside, and in the hallways. It was so well attended that more organizations are now clamouring for a repeat of the workshop.
My office had prepared over 1000 Cookits, and Cone Cookers. The cone cookers I find best suit the need of the Nigerian women. Most people live in flats with balconies; the structure of the balconies will shade the CooKit and make a shadow. The Cone Cooker being placed on a stand has the advantage of elevation and the stand can be moved about without disturbing the cooking.
We also displayed the original Solar Cookers International (SCI) CooKits which were much smarter than our home made ones. Only one was sold because of the high cost.
Two banks (Stanbic IBTC, and Bank PHB) and one organization (Global Energy Company) supported us financially and we were able to provided packed lunch for the students in attendance and Cone Cookers to majority of the participants, at very reduced rates. The cone cooker each cost about Naira 4000.00 (£20.00) to construct using Mylar. One was sold for about £12.00. Each school was given 5 Cone Cookers, and 1 CooKit free of charge, and instructions on how to make sun cookers (copied from SCI pamphlets).
Our CooKits are this expensive because I decided to use Mylar as opposed to aluminum foil. Aluminum foil in the hands of rural folks will tear if care is not taken, but Mylar is durable and will not tear, unless torn. Again I had to cover the back of each cookit, or cone cooker with a water repelling plastic sheet to give the cookers longer shelf life, until people know how to handle it. I made cloth bags also into which to put the folded cooker, after use, and hang some place safe.
A practical demonstration was arranged in the compound with about 5 Cone cookers and 3 Cookits. Food items cooked were two different types of rice, beans, assorted meat stew, fresh fish stew, mixed vegetable soup, yam, and boiled eggs.
The use of tyre cookers was also demonstrated using inner tyre tubes. This was used only to boil water. It was not very successful as the pot was higher then the cooker. We could not dig under the tube because the floor was concrete. In any case the water was hot but did not boil.
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- October 2011: The Cosmopolitan Women's Club reports that they have taught solar cooking to over 2000 individuals since they began having workshops.
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In this Clark Judge piece over at CBS Sportsline. Judge picks up on one of the things Mike McCarthy said at his press conference that struck a chord with me. McCarthy revealed that he had gotten calls from national reporters seeking comment on Charles Woodson as the defensive MVP. Interesting.
One month later, and Charles Woodson still can't understand why he isn't going to the Pro Bowl.
I can't, either, and maybe you'll join the club after watching Woodson make another appearance this Sunday for the Packers on a national stage. If you missed Woodson this season, don't miss him this weekend because you're looking at the best player not to go to Honolulu.
I believe it, and so do Woodson's teammates. And when the New York Giants rewind the videotape to this season maybe they'll believe it, too.
UPDATE: This is in the comments, too, but it's worth posting here. Smart commentary from Aaron over at Cheesehead.tv. Toomer has been Manning's go-to guy and they'll want to throw to him a lot again this week. Also, look for Steve Smtih, who had a couple of nice catches, to try to take advantage of matchups with Tramon Williams, Frank Walker and/or Jarret Bush.


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Toronto, ON – The Ontario Hockey League today announced that Guelph Storm forward Scott Kosmachuk is the OHL Player of the Week for the week ending November 25 after leading the league with six goals in three games while adding two assists for eight points with an OHL-high plus-minus rating of plus-6.
Kosmachuk's eight points in three games marks the best week of his three-year OHL career and led the Storm to three wins helping them maintain their position in third place in the Midwest Division with 35 points. His week began with a goal on Wednesday as part of an 8-0 win over the Mississauga Steelheads before claiming first star honours on Friday scoring twice including the game-winner plus an assist in the 3-2 win over the Erie Otters. He picked up first star honours again on Saturday night against the Ottawa 67's with a four-point effort where he scored his first hat-trick of the season and second of his career while adding an assist as part of the 7-5 win.
Kosmachuk, an 18-year-old from Toronto, ON, is playing in his third OHL season with the Storm and was selected in the third round of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft by the Winnipeg Jets. In 27 games this season, he has scored a team-high 18 goals including seven on the power play and has 14 assists for 32 points.
Also considered for the award this week was New York Islanders prospect Ryan Strome of the Niagara IceDogs who scored twice with six assists for eight points in three games, and Ottawa Senators prospect Matt Puempel of the Kitchener Rangers who scored four goals and two assists for six points in two games. In goal, Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Garret Sparks of the Storm went 2-0-0-0 with a shutout victory while posting a goals-against-average of 1.00 and save percentage of .968.
2012-13 OHL Regular Season Players of the Week:
Nov. 19 – Nov. 25: Scott Kosmachuk, Guelph Storm
Nov. 12 – Nov. 18: Jordan Binnington, Owen Sound Attack
Nov. 5 – Nov. 11: Connor Brown, Erie Otters
Oct. 29 – Nov. 4: Brett Ritchie, Niagara IceDogs
Oct. 22 – Oct. 28: Frank Corrado, Sudbury Wolves
Oct. 15 – Oct. 21: Hunter Garlent, Guelph Storm
Oct. 8 – Oct. 14: Dylan Smoskowitz, Mississauga Steelheads
Oct. 1 – Oct. 7: Joshua Leivo, Sudbury Wolves
Sept. 24 – Sept. 30: Ryan Kujawinski, Kingston Frontenacs
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'Politics as a Vocation'
Mary Ann Glendon discusses the importance of Catholics being involved in politics.
NEW YORK — The New York Encounter, New York City's largest Catholic cultural festival, brought together several thousand Catholics in mid-January from the United States, Canada, Italy and other countries to engage in a three-day event featuring artistic performances and exhibitions and thoughtful discussion and debate on the Church, politics, culture, art and science.
Organized by the Catholic movements of Communion and Liberation and the Crossroads Cultural Center, the goal of the event was to follow St. Paul's suggestion to "Test everything and retain what is good."
On Jan. 13, Mary Ann Glendon provided the keynote address of the weekend. Glendon is the Learned Hand Professor of Law at Harvard University, president of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, and former U.S. ambassador to the Holy See. Recently, she joined four other former U.S. ambassadors to the Holy See in endorsing Mitt Romney's campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.
A frequent commentator on the role of religion and public life, her new book, The Forum and the Tower: How Scholars and Politicians Have Imagined the World, From Plato to Eleanor Roosevelt, analyzes the eternal questions that surround political discourse and decisions and how various thinkers such as Cicero, Alexis de Tocqueville, Machiavelli, Edmund Burke and others have responded to these questions and challenges.
During the New York Encounter, Glendon spoke on the theme of "Politics as a Vocation" and encouraged Catholics to seriously consider their role and contribution to society. Drawing from the lessons and examples of history, as well as her experience in both diplomacy and education, she spoke about how Catholics can apply these lessons in their own lives — particularly in this important election year.
The title of your address at the New York Encounter was "Politics as a Vocation." Do you believe that all people have some form of calling to politics?
If we think of politics as free persons deliberating about how to order their lives together — rather than just about getting and keeping power — nearly everyone who takes his or her baptismal vocation seriously has some form of calling to participate in that process, as he or she is able. If we Christians truly believe we are called to be a transformative presence in the world — to be salt, light and leaven — we have to do our best to improve the conditions under which we live, work and raise our children. Even our cloistered contemplatives are not merely meditating on the mystery of the universe — they are praying for the world.
You just mentioned that all Christians, by virtue of their baptismal calling, have a political dimension in life. Moreover, in your talk, you note that the Church teaches that it is primarily the responsibility of the laity to engage in this. In this political season, what are some practical ways we can live out our political calling?
As Catholic citizens in a country that affords us many opportunities to make our voices heard, I think we have to take the time to familiarize ourselves with the principal issues, to ponder them in relation to the principles of Catholic social teaching, and to fulfill our basic civic responsibility to vote. Since Catholic social thought is, as Blessed John Paul II once remarked, one of "the best-kept secrets of the Church," many of us may need to brush up our knowledge of those principles. Beyond that, what a person does will depend very much on his or her abilities and situation in life.
Some argue that we should spend more time influencing politics, while others say we must first change culture. Ultimately, would you say that politics is upstream from culture or the reverse?
As Vaclav Havel once pointed out, politicians do, in a sense, mirror their society, and that's why people sometimes say a country gets the kind of politics it deserves. But, he added, the words and example of a public figure can also influence society. It will always be a two-way street.
Among your many accomplishments, you have taught law for many years — first at Boston College and now Harvard. In referring to your many years reading law-school applications, you noted that the most frequent statement among the applicants is I hope to make a difference. Regrettably, after years of law-school training, you note that many of the best students pursue careers outside of politics. Why is that?
There are many reasons. Some say they feel that politics is simply too corrupt. Others turn away because of concerns that their family life would suffer. Some worry that they would have to make so many compromises in order to get into a position where they could be effective that they would lose their own moral compass along the way. And some are discouraged by the immense complexity of the problems and the difficulty of "making a difference." These are not trivial concerns. But no one who lives beyond infancy avoids such hazards just by withdrawing into private life.
In your talk, you recommend the fictional stories of Pilgrim's Progress and Pinocchio, which you categorize as tales of "moral risk," that are meant to teach us lessons about decision-making. What are some of the greatest risks faced by Catholic faithful in pursuing a political career?
I think Pope Benedict put it well in his recent speech to the German Bundestag, when he pointed out that politicians have to strive for success, but that if success becomes an end in itself it can lead to moral failure. The ability to fashion compromise is a necessary and important political skill, but it's often quite difficult to discern where political compromise shades off into moral compromise and material cooperation in evil.
In your new book,The Forum and the Tower, you provide accounts of historical figures who have shaped the political process. What role did compromise play in their lives, and what can we moderns — who face a current situation of severe partisanship — learn from them?
The dilemmas faced by statesmen like Cicero and Edmund Burke and, in our day, the recently departed Vaclav Havel, illustrate the enormous difficulty of discerning whether, when and how far to compromise. By their own admissions, they didn't always get it right. But we remember and honor them for the times when they showed real heroism — putting their careers on the line for principle. One thing we learn from them is that character matters — in politics as in other areas of life.
You also recount the history of Mark Antony and Octavian's rivalry and how Cicero, the great orator, vehemently attacked Antony. Later, when Antony and Octavian reconciled, Cicero was punished for his attacks on Antony. Can we learn anything from this historical narrative about elections — specifically primaries — when members from one party compete against one another and are later required to show unity?
Cicero's fate — murdered on Antony's instructions, with his severed head and hands displayed in the Forum — should remind us of how fortunate we are to live in a republic where elections are decided by voting and where former antagonists often find ways to cooperate with each other.
Speaking of the primary season, you are among five of the former U.S. ambassadors to the Vatican who have recently endorsed former Gov. Mitt Romney in his efforts to win the Republican nomination. As you know, many have accused him of flip-flopping in regards to his stance on abortion. How would you respond to this, and what role does conversion have in the political process?
The pro-life movement has worked so hard and staked so much on the effort to change peoples' hearts and minds through education on the life issues that it would be strange to reject former pro-choice people like Ronald Reagan, Henry Hyde and Mitt Romney when they become pro-life advocates.
What issues should Catholics pay the most attention to in this upcoming election?
I really can't improve on the U.S. bishops' "Guide to Faithful Citizenship," which highlights threats to the dignity of human life, especially at its fragile beginnings and endings; efforts to force religious providers of social services to violate their consciences; efforts to undermine the institution of marriage; the need to address an economic crisis that especially threatens the poor and future generations; the need to repair a broken immigration system in a way that respects the human dignity of migrants and refugees; and the moral issues related to war, terror and violence. Among these, the bishops emphasized that "the direct and intentional destruction of innocent human life … is always wrong and is not just one issue among many."
Christopher White writes from New York.
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Quentin Ray Bealer was identified as the person of interest in video surveillance camera footage released Friday.
At a third press conference in as many days, Police Chief Paul Nanfito said Bealer was convinced by acquaintances to bring himself to the police department Saturday.
Following an extensive interview Saturday morning and based on information obtained from the Tehama County Sheriff's and Probation departments and two search warrants, he was charged with homicide.
The search warrants were served at a residence on the 1400 block of Second Street in Red Bluff and the other on Central Avenue in Gerber. Both cities have been listed as Bealer's residences in previous arrest bookings.
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The pathologist has not yet released any results.
Nanfito said the investigation is still 50 percent incomplete and continued to decline to discuss specifics about the crime.
Nichols was found Thursday morning in a rural area west of Red Bluff High School and east of Baker Road.
She went missing Tuesday at the high school following a class that started about 10 a.m.
High school surveillance footage showed a man, now believed to be Bealer, walking down Douglas Street and turning at a student parking lot.
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Marinepits wrote:So, just a quick update because Finn's been making me laugh all afternoon --
I have allergies nearly year-round, but fall and spring are the worst. Couple that with a nasty cold I had earlier this week and I've been sneezing non-stop. Well, Finn now sneezes EXACTLY like me! The more he sneezes, the more I laugh, and the more he keeps sneezing!
He now says "I'm a good boy", "Good boy Finn!" (especially when he's being BAD), "Knock it off!" (when the dogs are rough-housing around his cage), and mimics my cell phone ring exactly -- to the point that I have to look at him first before I grab my phone. He's fooled me a few times, LOL.
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I saw eggs advertised in the grocery store the other day; $1 for a dozen! Makes it kind of hard to compete against them if you have to pay nearly $1 just for the box.
free range chickens are like a whole different species. I have not eaten a store egg in many years. Every once in a while I try one just so I remember just how great mine are
Tractor Supply sells them. I don't know the price, sorry.
I read somewhere that a lot of the "free range" eggs at the grocery stores were a sham. Supposedly to be labeled "free range" about all they have to do is open a window for about one second. Not really but you get the jest of what I'm trying to say. The chickens sure aren't let loose and brought back to the chicken factories.
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She'd like a call back today? Well good for her! I'd like a new car and a tall single male in his late twenties with a decent job and concept of personal hygiene to sweep me off my feet, but I'm sure as heck not bothering people on a holiday weekend to try to get it! Apparently this one doesn't own a calendar...
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Wonder when she has time to get her groceries?
Checking of your to-do list from Aug 17 just now? Yikes.
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So who is at fault when patients have poor outcomes? It's not like the patient has any control over how they do...
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I signed up to do a somewhat-niche presentation on how to create good pony RPG adventures/campaigns. Unfortunately, outside a discussion of the various systems available, I can only think of one or two points on my own. So, I'm curious: any tips I could talk about? And anything you wanna know?
Here's what I've got so far:
1. Plan for Pegasi: Characters with native fly speed from level 1 undermine a lot of obstacles that would stump most RPG parties.
2. The AU Is The Best Part: Steal characters, artifacts, locations, etc., liberally from the MLP show, and tweak it just enough to make it interesting. Then, let your players have fun figuring those out.
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How do creationists explain the origin and distribution of Australia's unique animals in terms of a young Earth and a worldwide flood?
Explaining the origin of Australia's marsupial population, and especially its uniqueness to that one isolated southern continent, is difficult for evolutionists and creationists alike. Marsupials such as kangaroos, opossums, wallabies, and koalas seem unusual, but monotremes (i.e., the echidna and the platypus) are even more puzzling. The main difference between marsupials and most other mammals centers on the reproductive system. Marsupials give birth prematurely and allow the fetus to develop in an external pouch. In other mammals, excluding the monotremes which lay eggs, the fetus develops within the uterus and is attached to, and nourished by, the placenta.
Perhaps the most interesting fact about marsupials is that they nearly all have non-marsupial equivalents in other parts of the world (see Dobzhansky, et al., 1977, Figure 9.3, p. 267). The kangaroo has a similar role to the antelope roaming the African savanna. The wombat resembles a badger, and even has a backward-pointing pouch so that it will not fill with dirt while burrowing! There also are many small marsupials that have rodent counterparts. Evolutionists attribute such similarities to "parallel evolution" in both homology (being alike in form) and analogy (occupying a corresponding niche). That is, they believe that these marsupials and their placental peers developed independently; they share similar characteristics, but took two different paths to get there (see Simpson and Beck, 1965, pp. 499-501). A common ancestry, combined with similar forces of natural selection, evolutionists assert, will result in the same sort of changes through time. This common ancestor is thought to be the opossum because it is a marsupial and is found in other areas of the world apart from Australia.
According to evolutionary theory, the opossum was a primitive mammal living 200 million years ago on a single southern land mass called Gondwanaland. When parts of this supercontinent divided into what are now Australia and South America, the opossums were separated geographically. Over eons of time, so the story goes, the Australian descendants of the opossum developed into the various types of marsupials seen today. However, in South America, they "evolved" placentas and eventually migrated to North America and Eurasia.
These evolutionary ideas suffer from a number of problems, as listed below:
Bartz, Paul A. (1989), "Questions and Answers," Bible-Science Newsletter, 27[7]:12, July.
Culp, G. Richard (1988), "The Geographical Distribution of Animals and Plants," Creation Research Society Quarterly, 25[1]:24-27, June.
Dobzhansky, Theodosius, F.J. Ayala, G.L. Stebbins, and J.W. Valentine (1977), Evolution (San Francisco, CA: W.H. Freeman).
Pitman, Michael (1984), Adam and Evolution (London: Rider).
Simpson, G.G. and W.S. Beck (1965), Life: An Introduction to Biology (New York: Harcourt, Brace & World), second edition.


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Radar data is being collected statewide for Alaska under direction of the USGS 3D Elevation Program (3DEP). The new data is vastly improving the accuracy and resolution of elevation data for the state, and is being collected using an airborne Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (IfSAR) sensor. USGS and the State of Alaska maintain web-based status maps and download services.
The 3DEP products and services available through The National Map consist of?lidar point clouds (LPC),?standard digital elevation models (DEMs) at various horizontal resolutions, elevation source and associated datasets, an elevation point query service and bulk point query service. All 3DEP products are available, free of charge and without use restrictions.
Many volcanoes in the U.S. are monitored by arrays of several instruments that detect subtle movements within the earth and changes in gas and water chemistry. The Volcano Hazards Program streams this data to its Volcano Observatories and makes it available on volcano-specific websites.
This is a new tool for understanding and communicating risks. The activities include the development of risk models and approaches to improve the situational awareness of communities and industries to natural hazards and reduce the uncertainty of those risk assessments.
Reports of ash fall are important to us; we use your observations to assess the character and size of an eruption plume. We report these data to the National Weather Service so they can keep their Ashfall Advisories current. Additionally, reports of NO ashfall during an eruption with expected ashfall are also important to us.
Consistent synthesis, integration, storage, and availability of fundamental data is critical to meeting the needs of USGS Science. We develop databases for hydrography, topography, invasive species, water resources, and many other datasets utilized by resource managers.
The USGS is a world leader in producing and distributing maps and geospatial data, ranging from local to national and global scales. The Alaska Mapping Initiative supports the procurement of new topographic maps and data for the Alaska Region to levels commonly found in the rest of the contiguous United States. You can download Alaska US Topo maps for free here.Alaska Geologic Map
Links to publications that contain maps of the sea floor or lake beds and the digital data used to create them.
New US Topo maps for Alaska are being produced statewide, with digital 7.5 minute 1:25,000-scale maps providing a comprehensive update to the 15-minute 1:63,360-scale printed maps produced nearly fifty years ago. You can view a status map showing where the new maps are available, and link to a site to download the maps.
This portal is a "go to" source for maps related to ocean and coastal mapping. Information is organized by geography or region, by theme, and by the year data was published.
Status of natural and human environments: Chapter 3
This report present the results of the 2017 AMAP Assessment of Adaptation Actions for a changing Arctic (AACA): Perspectives form the Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Region. This is one of three pilot study regions included in the AACA project. AACA is the first AMAP assessment dealing with adaptation actions and how to meet possible Arctic futures in...Thorsteinson, Lyman K.; Outridge, Peter; Klepikov, Alexander; Ananichheva, Maria; Antonov, Evgeny; Bashkirova, Valeria; Chaschin, Valery; Gaden, Ashley; Hughes, Layla; Jia, Gensuo; Kikuchi, Takashi; Kivka, Kirill; Lima, James; Muir, Magdalena; Nikitina, Elena; Poussenkova, Nina; Pozhilova, Natalia; Sergeeva, Valentina; Skean, Vanessa; Somov, Alexey; Stern, Gary; Valeeva, Vilena
Chapter 9: Synthesis
The goal of this report is to examine changes in the current environment and living conditions of the coastal and tundra communities of northwestern Canada, northern Alaska, and the northern Far East of Russia – the Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort (BCB) region – and to understand how people are coping and adapting to these changes. The report seeks to...Hinzman, Larry D.; Outridge, Peter; Gamble, James M.; Thorsteinson, Lyman K.; Trainor, Sarah F.; Walsh, John E.; Klepikov, Alexander
Arctic Research Plan: FY2017-2021
The United States is an Arctic nation—Americans depend on the Arctic for biodiversity and climate regulation and for natural resources. America's Arctic—Alaska—is at the forefront of rapid climate, environmental, and socio-economic changes that are testing the resilience and sustainability of communities and ecosystems. Research to increase...Starkweather, Sandy; Jeffries, Martin O; Stephenson, Simon; Anderson, Rebecca D.; Jones, Benjamin M.; Loehman, Rachel A.; von Biela, Vanessa R.
Northwest Boreal Landscape Conservation Cooperative strategic plan 2015 - 2025
The Northwest Boreal Landscape Conservation Cooperative (NWB LCC) is a voluntary, diverse, self-directed management-science partnership, informing and promoting integrated science, sustainable natural and cultural resource management, and conservation to address impacts of climate change and other stressors within and across ecosystems. The NWB...Markon, Carl; Schroff, Eric
Alaska Arctic marine fish ecology catalog
The marine fishes in waters of the United States north of the Bering Strait have received new and increased scientific attention over the past decade (2005–15) in conjunction with frontier qualities of the region and societal concerns about the effects of Arctic climate change. Commercial fisheries are negligible in the Chukchi and Beaufort...Thorsteinson, Lyman K.; Love, Milton S.
Circumpolar biodiversity monitoring program (CBMP): Coastal expert workshop meeting report
The Coastal Expert Workshop, which took place in Ottawa, Canada from March 1 to 3, 2016, initiated the development of the Arctic Coastal Biodiversity Monitoring Plan (Coastal Plan). Meeting participants, including northern residents, representatives from industry, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), academia, and government regulators and...Anderson, Rebecca D.; McLennan, Donald; Thomson, Laura; Wegeberg, Susse; Pettersvik Arvnes, Maria; Sergienko, Liudmila; Behe, Carolina; Moss-Davies, Pitseolak; Fritz, Stacey; Christensen, Thomas K.; Price, Courtney
Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Programme coastal biodiversity monitoring background paper
In 2014, the United States (U.S.) and Canada agreed to act as co-lead countries for the initial development of the Coastal Expert Monitoring Group (CEMG) as part of the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program (CBMP, www. cbmp.is) under the Arctic Council's Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF, www.caff.is) working group. The CAFF...McLennan, Donald; Anderson, Rebecca D.; Wegeberg, S.; Pettersvik Arvnes, Maria; Sergienko, Liudmila; Behe, Carolina; Moss-Davies, Pitseolak; Fritz, S.; Markon, Carl J.; Christensen, T.; Barry, T.; Price, C.
Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Programme: Coastal Expert Workshop meeting summary
The Coastal Expert Workshop brought together a diverse group of coastal experts with the common goal of developing a biodiversity monitoring program for coastal ecosystems across the circumpolar Arctic. Meeting participants, including northern residents, industry and Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) representatives, scientists, and government...Thomson, L.; McLennan, Donald; Anderson, Rebecca D.; Wegeberg, S.; Pettersvik Arvnes, Maria; Sergienko, Liudmila; Behe, Carolina; Moss-Davies, Pitseolak; Fritz, S.; Christensen, T.; Price, C.
USGS Arctic Science Strategy
The United States is one of eight Arctic nations responsible for the stewardship of a polar region undergoing dramatic environmental, social, and economic changes. Although warming and cooling cycles have occurred over millennia in the Arctic region, the current warming trend is unlike anything recorded previously and is affecting the region...Shasby, Mark; Smith, Durelle
USGS US topo maps for Alaska
In July 2013, the USGS National Geospatial Program began producing new topographic maps for Alaska, providing a new map series for the state known as US Topo. Prior to the start of US Topo map production in Alaska, the most detailed statewide USGS topographic maps were 15-minute 1:63,360-scale maps, with their original production often dating back...Anderson, Becci; Fuller, Tracy
Key Messages Arctic summer sea ice is receding faster than previously projected and is expected to virtually disappear before mid-century. This is altering marine ecosystems and leading to greater ship access, offshore development opportunity, and increased community vulnerability to coastal erosion. Most glaciers in Alaska and British Columbia...Melillo, J.M.; Richmond, Terese; Yohe, G.W.; Chapin, F. Stuart; Trainor, Sarah F.; Cochran, Patricia; Huntington, Henry; Markon, Carl J.; McCammon, Molly; McGuire, A. David; Serreze, Mark
Predicting the effects of climate change on ecosystems and wildlife habitat in northwest Alaska: results from the WildCast project
We used a modeling framework and a recent ecological land classification and land cover map to predict how ecosystems and wildlife habitat in northwest Alaska might change in response to increasing temperature. Our results suggest modest increases in forest and tall shrub ecotypes in Northwest Alaska by the end of this century thereby...DeGange, Anthony R.; Marcot, Bruce G.; Lawler, James; Jorgenson, Torre; Winfree, Robert
Browse a selection of videos, audio clips, images, and more from a wide range of science topics covered by USGS!
"Science for a Changing World" - watch the short film here!
Documentary on walruses here!
Watch the first-ever footage of a polar bear on Arctic sea ice!
Join USGS geologists as they collect lava samples from Kilauea Volcano.
Watch researchers in the Arctic!
Listen to Earthquakes
Seismometers record vibrations from a wide assortment of ground motion events. Each event type has a distinctive ground-motion signal with unique frequency and amplitude—its own seismic signature. Seismologists are trained to identify the source of seismic events seen on a webicorder based on its 'seismic signature'. Although most ground vibrations have a frequency too low...
Kīlauea Summit Eruption | Lava Returns to Halema?uma?u
In March 2008, a new volcanic vent opened within Halema'uma'u, a crater at the summit of Kīlauea Volcano in Hawai?i Volcanoes National Park on the Island of Hawai?i. This new vent is one of two ongoing eruptions on the volcano. The other is on Kīlauea's East Rift Zone, where vents have been erupting nearly nonstop since 1983. The duration of these simultaneous summit and...
Emperor geese near Kodiak.
Emperor geese gathered near the shoreline on Kodiak Island.
7 Million Landsat Scenes and Counting!
The Landsat archive, the world's longest continuously acquired collection of space-based, moderate-resolution land remote sensing data, has now surpassed 7 million scenes since Landsat 1 first began collecting data in July 1972. This Landsat 8 image acquired on June 27, 2017, represents one of those millions of scenes...
Climate Change Impacts
From the Sound Waves Newletter article, "Erosion Doubles Along Part of Alaska's Arctic Coast — Cultural and Historical Sites Lost" at?http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2009/05/research2.html
2017 March Public Lecture—Brown Bears, Sea Otters, and Seals, Oh My!
Brown Bears, Sea Otters, and Seals, Oh My!
Unexpected interactions on the Katmai Coast
by Grant Hilderbrand, Chief of the Marine Ecosystems Office, USGS Alaska Science Center
- Highlights of ongoing research on brown bears on the coast of the Katmai National Park
- Observations from video collars deployed on brown bears
Bogoslof volcano eruption plume
February 19 Bogoslof eruption plume as seen from Unalaska Island, 53 miles ESE of Bogoslof volcano. Photo taken from helicopter during fieldwork by AVO geologists at 5:22PM, approximately 14 minutes after the start of the eruption.
Torrs of the Ruby Batholith
Scintillometer and torrs of the Melozitna granite in the Ruby batholith.? This granite contains abundant monazite and high levels of thorium and rare earth elements. This area is part of the Bureau of Land Management's Central Yukon Planning Area, which USGS did a mineral assessment of in 2015.
Shoreline changes at Bogoslof volcano
Analysis of shoreline changes at Bogoslof volcano due to eruptive activity between January 11 and 24, 2017. The base image is a Worldview-2 satellite image collected on January 24, 2017. The approximate location of the shoreline on January 11, 2017 is shown by the dashed orange line.
Annotated photo of Bogoslof Island showing effects of eruption
Annotated photograph of Bogoslof Island showing the cumulative effects of 2016-17 eruptive activity. A layer of fine muddy appearing ash drapes most of the landscape and covers pre-existing vegetation. The dashed line indicates the area excavated by explosive eruptive activity so far. A prominent zone of upwelling is probably the surface expression of a shallow submarine...
Alaska Interior Mountain Range
Alaska Interior mountain range shot with snow capped mountains.?
Epidote and Quartz
Epidote is a silicate mineral used mostly as a semiprecious gemstone.
Sample provided by Carlin Green, USGS. Sample originated from Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, and is?6.0cm in size.
Browse a collection of stories about prominent USGS scientists and projects in Alaska news.
In the past decade, the development of the Barnett, Eagle Ford, Marcellus, and other shales has dominated the national consciousness regarding natural gas. But in Alaska, another form of natural gas has been the focus of research for decades—methane hydrate.
Research to Recover Threatened Waterfowl: USGS Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Supervisor Receives Prestigious U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Recovery Champion Award
USGS scientist James "Barry" Grand, Ph.D., has been named a 2016 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Recovery Champion (Region 7) for his exemplary long-term research on two formerly threatened species, the spectacled eider and Alaska-breeding Steller's eiders.
The USGS continues to collect high resolution elevation data, contributing to greatly improved Alaska map data
A new study led by the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Wyoming found that increased westward ice drift in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas requires polar bears to expend more energy walking eastward on a faster moving "treadmill" of sea ice. ?
Thanks to a quarter-century of research and monitoring, scientists now know how different wildlife species were injured by the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill and how long it took for populations to recover.
Ducks in North America can be carriers of avian influenza viruses similar to those found in a 2016 outbreak in Indiana that led to the losses of hundreds of thousands of chickens and turkeys, according to a recent study.
Which U.S. State or territory has more large earthquakes than the rest of the United States combined?
While freshwater ecosystems cover only a small amount of the land surface in Alaska, they transport and emit a significant amount of carbon, according to new U.S. Geological Survey research. An invited feature article for Ecological Applications provides the first-ever major aquatic carbon flux assessment for the entire state. Carbon flux refers to the rate of carbon transfer between pools.
Look, in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's...underground mineral research?
Managing 72 million acres of Federal lands in Alaska is not easy, especially when the land's many uses need to be balanced. There are several competing interests, including the development of mineral resources that are critical to the American economy.
Wild ducks and shorebirds do not appear to carry?Newcastle?disease viruses that sicken or kill poultry,?according to a new study led by the U.S. Geological Survey.
Alaska has considerable potential for undiscovered mineral resources, including critical minerals.
Stay up-to-date with what is happening in the Alaska Region by checking out our different social media accounts. You can also contact Alaska Regional Office staff or Center Directors for more information.
The Regional Office provides active input to a variety of external collaborations by:
Serving on science advisory boards (eg.?NPRB,?AOOS,?Alaska Sea Grant,?NSSI,?WMO);
Serving on technical working groups for organizations (eg.?AGC,?IARPC,?CAFF, and?Arctic SDI);
Providing frequent peer review for decisions by external institutions (eg. IPCC, Fulbright Scholar Program,?NFWF, and regional journals).


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